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Nine days, one bag

A packing method built around repetition rather than options.
Ines Delacroix, Design Director · 29 January 2026 · 5 min read
Overpacking is not a discipline problem. It is a forecasting problem. People pack for the exceptional day — the unexpected dinner, the sudden cold snap, the meeting that becomes formal — and the exceptional day usually does not arrive. The cost is carried for the whole trip.

Overpacking is not a discipline problem. It is a forecasting problem. People pack for the exceptional day — the unexpected dinner, the sudden cold snap, the meeting that becomes formal — and the exceptional day usually does not arrive. The cost is carried for the whole trip.

Overpacking is not a discipline problem. It is a forecasting problem. People pack for the exceptional day — the unexpected dinner, the sudden cold snap, the meeting that becomes formal — and the exceptional day usually does not arrive. The cost is carried for the whole trip.
Pack the repetition

Pack the repetition

Pack the repetition
Our method is to identify the three combinations you will actually wear, pack those, and add exactly one contingency item rather than four. For nine days in a temperate city in spring, that resolves to eleven pieces including what you travel in.

Our method is to identify the three combinations you will actually wear, pack those, and add exactly one contingency item rather than four. For nine days in a temperate city in spring, that resolves to eleven pieces including what you travel in.

Our method is to identify the three combinations you will actually wear, pack those, and add exactly one contingency item rather than four. For nine days in a temperate city in spring, that resolves to eleven pieces including what you travel in.

  • Two merino layers, worn in rotation and aired rather than washed.
  • One shell, one insulated layer that compresses.
  • Two trousers — one tailored, one relaxed.
  • Three tees, one shirt.
  • One scarf, which doubles as a blanket on overnight transport.

Eleven pieces, nine days, one carry-on.
The measure of a travel wardrobe is not how many outfits it makes. It is how little you think about it after the second morning.

The measure of a travel wardrobe is not how many outfits it makes. It is how little you think about it after the second morning.

The measure of a travel wardrobe is not how many outfits it makes. It is how little you think about it after the second morning.
Merino does the structural work here. Its odour resistance is the reason two layers can cover nine days, and it is the single reason a small bag is possible at all. Everything else is a consequence of that one material decision.

Merino does the structural work here. Its odour resistance is the reason two layers can cover nine days, and it is the single reason a small bag is possible at all. Everything else is a consequence of that one material decision.

Merino does the structural work here. Its odour resistance is the reason two layers can cover nine days, and it is the single reason a small bag is possible at all. Everything else is a consequence of that one material decision.
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Ines Delacroix
Design Director, NORTHFORM
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